Finding Aid for the First Presbyterian Church of Oxford Photograph Collection
(MUM01768)

The First Presbyterian Church of Oxford Photograph Collection is open for research.
This collection is stored at an off-site facility. Researchers
interested in using this collection must contact Archives and Special Collections
at least two business days in
advance of their planned visit.

Finding Aid for the First Presbyterian Church of Oxford Photograph Collection

Processing Information

Additions

Subject Terms

First Presbyterian Church (Oxford, Miss.)

Presbyterian Church -- Mississippi -- Oxford

Formats

photographs

photograph albums

church bulletins

Historical Note

The First Presbyterian Church of Oxford was founded in 1837 by early settlers of Scottish
descent. Several of the elders, the pastor and practically every able-bodied man in
town went to war between 1861 and 1865. While they were away, the northern army camped
on the church grounds. They set fire to the church, but one fearless female in the
congregation put out the fire while the soldiers jeered. By 1880, the building, in
need of extensive repair, was torn down. The present church was built in 1881 on the
same site. Many community leaders attended First Presbyterian including three University
of Mississippi Chancellors: Waddel, Fulton, and Hume (Source: First Presbyterian Church of Oxford website, accessed 25 January 2010).

Scope and Content Note

The collection contains three folders containing photographs, four framed photographs
and a photo album containing 39 portraits.

User Information

Preferred Citation

First Presbyterian Church of Oxford Photograph Collection, Archives and Special Collections,
J.D. Williams Library, The
University of Mississippi

Access Restrictions

The First Presbyterian Church of Oxford Photograph Collection is open for research.
This collection is stored at an off-site facility. Researchers
interested in using this collection must contact Archives and Special Collections at least two business days in
advance of their planned visit.

Copyright Restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the
making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under
certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized
to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions
is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other
than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for,
or
later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use,"
that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

Related Material

Resources in Archives and Special Collections at the University of Mississippi

The History of the First Presbyterian Church U.S.A., Oxford, Mississippi: Volume II,
1951-1987 by Franklin E. Moak and Maud Morrow Brown. Call number: BX8947.M7 O9 1987

Container List

Folder 77.1.1

Photograph: Catechism Class, 1917

Scope: Group of young girls sitting on steps with teachers

Folder 77.1.2

Photograph: D.H.A. Minon, Macon, Miss., undated

Scope: Elderly man

Folder 77.2.1

Photograph: Men’s Bible Class First Presbyterian Church Oxford, Miss. (on occasion
of Dr. Hume leaving to go to Southwestern, having been fired by Bilbo), August 1930

Scope: Group of men standing on steps

Folder 77.2.2

Photograph: Men’s Bible Class, 1985

Scope: Group of seven men standing on steps

Folder 77.3.1

Photograph: Mary and Martha Sunday School Class, undated

Scope: Group of elderly women seated indoors

Folder 77.3.2

Photograph: Bertha Rosemond Wohleben, 30 September 1879

Scope: Wohleben sanctuary window

Folder 77.3.3

Photograph: Grandpa Wohleben, undated

Scope: Wohleben sanctuary window

Folder 77.3.4

Photograph: First Presbyterian Church Manse-Oxford, Miss., undated

Scope: White house with two trees in front

Folder 77.4.1

Church program/bulletin, 19 May 1991

Folder 77.4.2

Church program/bulletin, 1 March 1925

Framed item 1

J.E. Wallace, undated

Scope: Portrait of older man with glasses

Framed item 2

Original drawing for bulletin by Mrs. J.B. Looper, 1944

Scope: Illustration of church building and surrounding landscape

Framed item 3

Dr. Alfred Hume’s SS Class, August 1930

Scope: Large group of men standing on steps occasion: Dr. Hume leaving to go to Southwestern
at Memphis

Framed item 4

Top photograph: Church Manse. Bottom photograph: original wood frame church built
in 1847, 1920